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Men's Basketball to Host Cal State Fullerton on Friday
November 21, 2024 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The Bruins (4-1) take on Cal State Fullerton (1-4) on Friday evening in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. This Friday's game will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network, with J.B. Long and Don MacLean calling the action. UCLA will be playing its fourth game in a six-game homestand on Friday. Game time is set for 7 p.m. (PT).
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 7:07 p.m. (PT)
TV Network: Big Ten Network
TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM: Ch. 158 or 196 and on the SXM App
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION
Single-game tickets for UCLA's home non-conference games, plus the conference showdown against Washington (Dec. 3, 2024), are now on sale. In addition, season ticket packages for UCLA's men's basketball season are available. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. In addition, be sure to check out all of the game themes and upcoming promotions for the Bruins' 2024-25 season.
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CATCHING UP ON THE BRUINS
โ This marks the 106th basketball season at UCLA and the sixth year with head coach Mick Cronin at the helm.
โ Through five games, junior Tyler Bilodeau has averaged a team-best 16.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.
โ UCLA ranked No. 13 in the nation in scoring defense through Wednesday, Nov. 18 (at 55.4 points allowed per game).
โ The Bruins have forced an average of 17.6 turnovers per game, through the first five contests (No. 25, nationally).
โ UCLA has limited the opposition to 50 points or fewer in three of five total games played this season.
โ Sophomore Sebastian Mack (11.4 ppg) has made 26 of 29 free throws in five games (89.7%).
โ The Bruins will play their next three games at home (and four of their next six contests in Pauley Pavilion).
โ The Bruins have added nine incoming players this season โ six transfer students and three freshmen.
โ UCLA has eight players who averaged at least 10.0 points per game last season for their college programs.
โ As head coach, Mick Cronin has led UCLA to an 119-54 record, now in his sixth season with the Bruins.
โ UCLA has moved into the Big Ten Conference, along with former Pac-12 programs USC, Oregon and Washington.
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FRIDAY NIGHT'S MATCHUP
The Bruins have gone 10-2 in the all-time series against Cal State Fullerton, posting a 4-2 record against the Titans since the start of the 1995-96 season. Cal State Fullerton secured a 77-74 win at UCLA when these two local universities last played each other on Dec. 28, 2019. In other recent matchups, UCLA defeated the Titans, 73-45, on Dec. 3, 2014, while Cal State Fullerton secured a 68-65 double-overtime win in the season opener during the 2008-09 season (Nov. 16, 2009). Earlier this week, the Titans secured a 62-61 win at home against Idaho State on Monday, Nov. 18.
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FREE THROW SUCCESS
Sebastian Mack made 15 of 16 free throws, finishing with 21 total points, in UCLA's 84-70 win against Idaho State on Wednesday. Mack's 15 made free throws were the most in a game by any UCLA player since Bryce Alford went 17-for-18 at the free throw stripe in a 96-93 double-overtime loss at Washington on Jan. 1, 2016. Prior to Alford's effort in a 30-point performance, Jordan Adams (as a freshman in his second college game) went 16-for-16 at the free throw line in UCLA's 80-79 win over UC Irvine on Nov. 13, 2012. Mack shot 13-for-13 at the free throw line last season against Marquette (Nov. 20, 2023), exactly one year prior to his 15-for-16 free throw effort against Idaho State on Wednesday night.
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MOST RECENTLY
The Bruins have opened the season with a 4-1 record for the second straight season. UCLA has not won five of its first six games since the 2021-22 season. Junior Tyler Bilodeau has averaged a team-best 16.4 points per game and has logged 6.6 rebounds per contest. Eric Dailey Jr. has averaged 12.0 points and 6.6 rebounds in five games, shooting 56.4 percent from the field and 12-for-15 at the free throw line. UCLA shot 9-for-14 from 3-point range (64.3%) in the win over Idaho State on Wednesday, the Bruins' best single-game 3-point percentage since Feb. 26, 2022. UCLA made 13 of 20 long-range attempts (65.0%) in a 94-55 win at Oregon State late in the 2021-22 season.
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โ The Bruins have shot 80.8 percent at the free throw line in their past three games, connecting on 59 of 73 attempts in home wins over Boston University (18/21), Lehigh (20/26) and Idaho State (21/26).
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โ The Bruins have scored at least 80 points in three games. UCLA registered a season-best 82 points in a win at Stanford last season (Feb. 7, 2024), the only game in which the Bruins scored 80 or more points.
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โ Next Tuesday (Nov. 26), the Bruins will host Southern Utah in Pauley Pavilion. Game time is 7 p.m. (PT).
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CONNECT FOUR
Tyler Bilodeau was a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc in UCLA's 84-70 win on Wednesday night. Bilodeau entered the game having made 3 of 12 attempts from 3-point distance (he's now shooting 7-for-17, at 41.2% from 3-point range). He became UCLA's first player to shoot 100% from 3-point range, with a minimum of four attempts, since Nov. 17, 2021, when Tyger Campbell was a perfect 4-for-4 from downtown in a non-conference win over North Florida. Prior to that, Aaron Holiday was 4-for-4 from 3-point distance in UCLA's 83-64 win at home against Utah on Jan. 11, 2018.
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40 AND BELOW
UCLA limited Boston University to just 40 points (71-40) on Monday, Nov. 11, the first time since Jan. 19, 2020, in which the Bruins held the opposition to 40 or fewer points (Jan. 19, 2020, UCLA defeated California, 50-40, in Pauley Pavilion). Since the start of the 1994-95 season, the Bruins have limited their opponent to 40 or fewer points in 12 games. Prior to the game in Jan. 2020, the Bruins had not accomplished that feat since a 55-40 win against USC at the Pac-10 Tournament (hosted at the then-named Staples Center). UCLA last held a team to fewer than 30 points in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, as the top-seeded Bruins cruised past No. 16-seed Mississippi Valley State, 70-29 (Anaheim, Calif.).
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WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
Two of the six incoming UCLA transfers competed in the Pac-12 last season โ senior Kobe Johnson (USC) and junior Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State). The other four transfers include senior guard Dominick Harris (from LMU), juniors Skyy Clark (from Louisville) and William Kyle III (from South Dakota State), and sophomore Eric Dailey Jr. (from Oklahoma State). Bilodeau (32 games), Dailey Jr. (32), Johnson (31), and Kyle III (35) each played in at least 30 games for their respective college programs last season. Clark appeared in 29 games at Louisville, while Harris saw action in 24 games with Loyola Marymount.
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ROSTER BREAKDOWN
UCLA's 2024-25 roster includes three seniors (Dominick Harris has one additional year of eligibility), four juniors, seven sophomores and three freshmen. In addition to Harris, that list of seniors also includes Kobe Johnson and Lazar Stefanovic. The four juniors include Dylan Andrews, Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark and William Kyle III. Aside from Clark (47 career games), the remaining six juniors and seniors have played in at least 66 collegiate contests. Leading the way in that category are Stefanovic (101 career games) and Johnson (96 games, including the first 91 while at USC). Three of those veteran players have averaged at least 10.0 points per game in their career (Bilodeau, Clark and Kyle III).
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UPCOMING GAMES
The Bruins will play their next three games at home, including Friday's showdown versus Cal State Fullerton. UCLA is currently in the middle of a six-game homestand. Beyond this week, UCLA will host Southern Utah next Tuesday evening (Nov. 26) and Washington on the following week (Tuesday, Dec. 3). The home contest against Washington on Dec. 3 will mark the Bruins' first game in Big Ten Conference action. UCLA's next game away from home will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8, as the Bruins will play at Oregon in a matchup at 3 p.m. PT (televised on the Big Ten Network from Eugene, Ore.).
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THE BRUINS' SCHEDULE
UCLA's 31-game regular-season schedule includes 17 home games, 10 road games and four neutral site contests (in November and December). The Bruins will play 20 games in Big Ten play, with 11 non-conference contests lining the schedule in November and December. Glancing at this week's AP top 25 poll, UCLA will play seven games against teams that are currently ranked (and an additional seven games versus teams also receiving votes). A three-weekend stretch in December will include neutral site games against No. 9 Arizona (in Phoenix, Dec. 14), versus No. 10 North Carolina (at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 21) and against No. 4 Gonzaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles (Dec. 28).
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BIG TEN CONFERENCE
The Bruins' 20-game Big Ten schedule includes 10 home games and 10 road games. Two of the 20 contests will be played in early December, with UCLA hosting its first-ever Big Ten game against Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 3, before playing at Oregon on Sunday, Dec. 8. When the remaining 18 Big Ten games pick up in early January, UCLA will play three of those first four on the road โ Jan. 4 at Nebraska, home on Jan. 7 against Michigan, and on the road at Maryland (Jan. 10) and Rutgers (Jan. 13). Looking at the back half of the Bruins' conference schedule, UCLA is set to play six of their final 10 Big Ten games at home, including a season finale in Pauley Pavilion against crosstown rival USC (Saturday, March 8).
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NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
The Bruins went 9-7 in Pauley Pavilion last season, and has entered their 59th campaign in the longtime UCLA home venue. Pauley Pavilion opened for the 1965-66 season. The first game in Pauley Pavilion took place on Dec. 3, 1965, as No. 1 UCLA took down Ohio State, 92-66. UCLA spent 47 seasons in Pauley Pavilion before the venue was closed for an 18-month renovation. UCLA hosted 18 home games during the 2011-12 campaign at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) and the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games) before returning to Pauley Pavilion in Nov. 2012.
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Last year, CSUN snapped UCLA's 29-home-game winning streak with a 76-72 win over the Bruins (Dec. 19, 2023). Prior to that game, UCLA had not lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. UCLA's 29-game home streak had been the longest active streak in the country. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach prior to the 2019-20 season, Mick Cronin has guided the Bruins to a 68-13 record in 81 home games (84.0% win percentage).
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MULTIPLE SCORING THREATS
The Bruins' 2024-25 roster has nine players who have each scored at least 20 points in one collegiate game. Skyy Clark totaled 36 points in Louisville's final game last season (ACC Tournament, against eventual Final Four competitor N.C. State). Dylan Andrews registered a career-high 31 points in the Bruins' win against Oregon State at the Pac-12 Tournament last season (March 13, 2024). Dominick Harris totaled a career-high 31 points last season for LMU in a non-conference win against Central Arkansas. The six other players on that list include Sebastian Mack (27 points), Lazar Stefanovic (26 points), Tyler Bilodeau (26 points), William Kyle III (26 points), Kobe Johnson (21 points) and Eric Dailey Jr. (20 points).
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